By: Tanya Ward Goodman Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of Kate Bush. She’s there in my car, in my kitchen, filling my house with her soprano warble. I played the song “Wuthering Heights” for my daughter a couple of weeks ago because she’s got her own soprano warble going and I thought she […]
A City Dwellers New Year
Marriage and Kids: Sticking It Out
City Dweller: My Family is a Rock Family
Reading The Paper
Island Holiday
By: Tanya Ward Goodman After ten days on a nearly-deserted island, we arrived home to a crispy Christmas tree and piles of mail. Nearly-deserted island? It’s true. This year, for the holidays, we packed up the fam and braved numerous (and increasingly smaller) airplanes, arriving finally on what is referred to as a “family island” […]
Terrific Tuesday
By: Tanya Ward Goodman Hip LA mom writes about things to do in the city with your children. Took the kids to LACMA recently on the first of what I’ve decided will be “Terrific Tuesdays”. Thanks to constant LAUSD budget cuts they get out of school early on Tuesdays and rather than spend these extra […]
The Magic Sweater
By: Tanya Ward Goodman I returned two sweaters today and one the day before. All three sweaters are similar – funnel neck, wide cuffs, boxy shape. They were all black or dark charcoal gray. They were very nice sweaters. They did the things a sweater should do. For example, they were all warm. But they […]
Black Friday Under Blue Skies
By: Tanya Ward Goodman We spent Black Friday under blue skies. My kids wanted the beach. My visiting mother wanted the beach. We headed to the beach. Though it was freezing cold, my daughter wore her bikini. “Tanya Ward Goodman,” she said, when I questioned her choice, “I am warm, I am hot, I am […]
A Good Day
By: Tanya Ward Goodman On Sunday, I went to a yoga class and then hit the farmers’ market. Blinking in the sun (gotta love November in Los Angeles), I sorted through piles of tomatoes and zucchini and little round sweet peppers, red as Christmas lights. I grabbed a couple of bunches of kale, some brand-new […]